System, device and method for configuring and powering a batteryless device
First Claim
1. A system for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, the system comprising:
- the wireless batteryless device comprising;
a built-in harvester for harvesting an ambient energy from a first energy source, wherein the first energy source is the ambient energy from an environment of the wireless batteryless device; and
a wireless communication interface to communicate with an external device to perform installation, configuration or maintenance procedures, wherein the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures include one or more of installation testing, network scanning, association, address assignment, address conflict resolution, security key establishment, device and service discovery, binding, binding testing, and node configuration, and receive external energy wirelessly from a second power source in the external device, wherein the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures requires additional energy than normal operation of the wireless batteryless device and is required for a limited period of time, and to convert the external energy into a converted external energy suitable for harvesting in the harvester, the external energy being used at least partially to execute the installation, configuration or maintenance procedure.
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Abstract
System for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, the system comprising: a wireless batteryless device (A) comprising: a built-in harvester (12) for harvesting energy from a first energy source, for example ambient energy, means for communicating wirelessly, —and an external device (B) comprising: —a second power source (16), —means (17) for converting energy supplied by the second power source into energy suitable for being harvested in the harvester of the batteryless device, means (18) for wirelessly supplying the batteryless device with the converted energy via the built-in harvester, and means for communicating with the batteryless device. The invention also relates to an external device therefore, and a method for configuring and powering a batteryless device.
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15 Claims
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1. A system for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, the system comprising:
the wireless batteryless device comprising; a built-in harvester for harvesting an ambient energy from a first energy source, wherein the first energy source is the ambient energy from an environment of the wireless batteryless device; and a wireless communication interface to communicate with an external device to perform installation, configuration or maintenance procedures, wherein the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures include one or more of installation testing, network scanning, association, address assignment, address conflict resolution, security key establishment, device and service discovery, binding, binding testing, and node configuration, and receive external energy wirelessly from a second power source in the external device, wherein the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures requires additional energy than normal operation of the wireless batteryless device and is required for a limited period of time, and to convert the external energy into a converted external energy suitable for harvesting in the harvester, the external energy being used at least partially to execute the installation, configuration or maintenance procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15)
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9. A method for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, wherein the wireless batteryless device comprises a harvester for harvesting an ambient energy from a first energy source wherein the first energy source is the ambient energy from an environment of the wireless batteryless device in a form of electromagnetic energy or ambient light energy, and for harvesting an external energy received wirelessly from a second power source, via an external device, the method comprising:
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initiating, by the external device, installation, configuration or maintenance procedures, wherein the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures include one or more of installation testing, network scanning, association, address assignment, address conflict resolution, security key establishment, device and service discovery, binding, binding testing, and node configuration, generating, by the external device, the external energy via the second power source required by the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures, converting, by the external device, the generated external energy into a converted energy suitable to be harvested in the harvester, the external device wirelessly supplying the wireless batteryless device with the converted energy, the converted energy being used at least partially for executing the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures of the wireless batteryless device, and wherein the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures requires additional energy than normal operation of the wireless batteryless device and is required for a limited period of time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, comprising:
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a built-in harvester for harvesting an ambient energy from a first energy source, wherein the first energy source is the ambient energy from an environment of the wireless batteryless device; and an external device comprising a second power source, the external device configured to; initiate an installation, configuration or maintenance procedures, wherein the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures, include one or more of installation testing, network scanning, association, address assignment, address conflict resolution, security key establishment, device and service discovery, binding, binding testing, and node configuration; convert an external energy supplied by the second power source into a converted external energy suitable for harvesting in the harvester of the wireless batteryless device; and supply the wireless batteryless device with the converted external energy over a wireless connection, only when a specific configuration of the wireless batteryless device is initiated by the external device and is required for a limited time, such that both the ambient energy and the converted external energy are harvested by the harvester, the external energy being used at least partially for executing the installation, configuration or maintenance procedures in the wireless batteryless device initiated by the external device.
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